In the Garden - Fashion from His & Hers

The summer has come to Norway, and what is better than to play around in the garden with friends? Sigrid and Ada is wearing items from His & Hers boutique, while they are enjoying an evening in the garden.

Sigrid(left) and Ada(right) in summer fashion from His & Hers boutique (Gjøvik,Norway).

Sigrid: jeans-Met, tops - American Vintage, vest - Day Birger et Mikkelsen. Ada: maxi top- American Vintage, lacey dress underneath- by TiMo.

Hat- Marco Polo

Ada: jeans jacket - Line of Oslo, harems pants- Sand, colourful top- Tiger of Sweden.

Sigrid: leather jacket- Day Birger et Mikkelsen, jeans- Met, top- Sand.

Sigrid: jeans, t-shirt & scarf- Tiger of Sweden.

Ada: jeans jacket & top- Line of Oslo, jeans- Met.

Sigris: shorts, shirt & hat - Marco Polo (M.O.P)

Ada: Sweater/dress- Line of Oslo.

Sigrid: sweater & top- Tiger of Sweden, jeans- Met.

Ada: hoodie & bag- Line of Oslo, harems pants- Sand.

Ada: jumpsuit- Sandwich. Sigrid: harmes pants & tops- Sand.

Did you see anything you liked?

24.06 it is open util 24.00 on CC Mart'n Gjøvik, stop by His & Hers and get 25% off several selected pieces...

So there is no excuse, sometimes it is absolutely necessary to do a little bit of shopping:)

Nora Norway

Norway has during the last couple of years seen the rise of many exciting designers and brands, especially jewellery has proven to be one of the Norwegian, and Scandinavian, innovative strengths. I tripped and falled head over heels in love with the Nora Norway earrings when I spotted them on a girl last summer during a wedding in Tuscany. I have been looking for them ever since, without any luck, until today when I walked into my beloved boutique and they suddenly just appeared infront of me. While I have searched all over Europe for the earrings (I did not know which brand they were from) they have been in the place where I spent most of my early twenties, and called my second home, all along. That is what I call ironic. I bought a pair asap, and you know what? I recommend you to do the same. They are faboulous. Pop by His & Hers boutique in Gjøvik if you find yourself near by, or go to http://www.noranorway.com/ to look for your nearest retailer. Diamonds (fake or real) is indeed a girls best friend...

Simplicity is beautiful...

Isle of Wight Festival 2010 - Festival fashion..

Noone would ever mistake me for a festival chic. However this June, adventurous as I am, I attended my first festival ever: the Isle of Wight Festival. To be honest,I was quite sceptical about how I would feel about spending three nights in a tent, possibly in very muddy surroundings. However, the weather Gods behaved well and it was mostly sunny the whole weekend, allowing the true festival chics and fashionistas to show off their outfits. I did spot a huge amount of do's and dont's, vast amounts of male nudity and costumes, topped off with what must have been a very good weekend for people selling wellies. My Hunters and I survived the weekend dry footed, and with new knowledge about the festival fashion scene..

Ready for some music: Hat- French Connection, scarf- Redherring, cardigan from a little boutique in Paris selling Vila, t-shirt- H&M, boyfriend shorts - Warehouse, tanned leather bag- Topshop, Hunter wellies.

Infront of the main scene.

I lived in my stripes H&M t-shirt this weekend.

Jeans- Topshop, cardigan- vintage H&M

Hunter's are still hot. Not to mention very necessary..

Loved this lady's style. Check out the hat (the man she was with actually had a matching one!) and the socks in her wellies..

Matching Maxi dress and wellies? Why not:)

Denim shirts was a hit this festival, and check out that pink silk jacket.

Headband and denim jacket, some absolute musts.

More denim matched with tanned leather bags and white dresses with blonde/lacey details.

I do not think you are allowed to enter a festival without a hat. I loved this one, with a little pink ribbon. Check out how she wears her t-shirt as well.

However, if you forgot your hat at home, there were plenty of opportunities to buy one.

With the festival season coming up, with happenings such as Roskilde (Denmark) and Slottsfjell (Norway) there is, according to the Isle of Wight festival look,certain items you just need to get into your wardrobe now: a pair of denim shorts, an oversized denim shirt, a straw hat, a maxi dress and wellies. Have you written it down on your shoppinglist? Good..Now go and enjoy some music..

And to honour the World Cup, this was how some of the men chose to dress:

(They are all trying to look like famous fotballplayers, if you did'nt notice immediatly..)

Desert fashion & too much Dior..

I have been a faithful fan of Carrie & co for many years, and do not get me wrong, I still am. However SATC 2 (even though I did not really expect too much in the first place) was a small disappointment, on so many levels. Of course, I was thrilled about seeing the girls again, and there were some fashion moments to remember, but it was like the magic had left the building (or the set) and the air had gone out of the balloon. Not even the fashion was as splendid as I had hoped for, it honestly just was a bit too much of everything . I had the feeling that some scenes was just made up to show as many items/ products as possible, as for example the desert scene displayed above. I could possible find some pieces I love in all the scenes. However, when you pile designer items up layer by layer as it has been done here, it is actually a little bit hard for the eyes to concentrate on a single piece. In my opinion, the movie just reeked of product placement - big time. Product placement is ok, as long as you manage to do it a little bit subtle. SATC 2 is everything but subtle.

However, the saddest thing about the movie is the feeling of that the friendship between the girls is gone. I did not feel the warmth and friendship I felt when watching the series of the first movie. Instead of friends, I saw actors. Rumours have said it was quite a lot of fighting and hurt feelings on set, and after watching the movie that is very easy to believe in. It is also very hard to feel a connection with the girls anymore. In the series you could recognize some of your own problems, and you did feel that they were normal girls, like you and I. Girls you could have been friends with. In SATC 2 the girls do not dress doen even once. Carrie even use ballgowns and sky high heels when relaxing home having take-away with Mr.Big. I just wanted to scream:

Give that woman a pair of slippers and some sweatpants!

But some of the fashion did get my attention...

Blue two piece dress and the little white dress, Halston Heritage.

After the resurrection of Halston, and its Heritage line, some seasons ago, the fahsion house has been very present at the fashion scene. Some of their notion is probably due to their close cooperation with Sarah Jessica Parker. So there was no surprise that Halston managed to get some dresses into the second SATC movie. My favourite was the blue piece, which we also could see in no less than two other versions (one orange and short, one green and long). This radiant blue colour has had a major presence in the trend picture this spring/summer, and my prediction is that SATC 2 will make it even hotter. I duly spotted lookalike pieces in the windows at both Ted Baker and H&M right after the movie was released. The yellow shoes and the red maxi bag is the cherry on top of the cake. I love it.

The little white dress - Have'nt you bought one yet, it is about time you do. The little white dress is a sure thing this summer. If I am not mistaken, the piece Carrie is wearing here is also from Halston. The statement jewellery gives the outfit an edge. This is how I like to see Carrie, simple and elegant.

Dior's famous newspaper dress.

This is not a recommendation, but rather a sigh of despair. Have we not seen this kind of dress before? I am positive this dress and the pattern is the most copied and tacky style ever, often spotted in Mini Markets in Greece, booths on the street and similar "classy" outlets. Why on earth would Patricia Field choose to put this dress in SATC 2?It is tempting to quote the Black Eyed Peas "....You're so 2000 and late....".

I adore theese heavenly blue suede shoes. The bag, not so much.

Here is a pair of shoes to kill for. Pink and gold looks amazing together. A candy for soar eyes.

The girls do look faboulous at times. In this scene they all look gorgeus, and the dresses are radiant. Maxi dresses is very hot this summer, and so is colours - all colours really. My favourite is the pink one Carrie is wearing.

Yes, we know, the 80s is back. But was'nt it back last year as well? Very well, we can do it one more time, but perhaps play it a bit more down than the girls have here. However, this part was one of the funniest things in the movie, besides Samanthas menopause, too bad the sequence were so short.

Desert fashion is dazzling and fun. Get inspired. What about a turban?

There are rumours about a SATC 3, and even a 4th. Actually, I kind of hope that it will be, taken that the 3rd one will be fantastic and restore the image I have of these faboulous women.

As the faithful fan I am, I enjoyed the movie, but I am aware of its faults. A tip: Do not bring your boyfriend!

The product placement was way over the top, from Pringles, to cars, to Dior. I never thought I would ever say that it is possible to get too much Dior, but actually, there is. And who wears a ballgown at home really? And when did SATC become a musical where everybody sing and dance (the karaoke scene)? The part where Liza Minelli are singing "Single ladies" were just embarrassing.

To quote one of my friends:

"You know the feeling you get when you drink a little bit too much wine, and think your ideas are incredible at that time, but the next morning...not so much? Well, Micahel Patrick King (the director) drank too much wine, but unfortunately he still went with his ideas the next day".

But I love SATC, and I always will. But the art in doing a succesful tv show, and some movies is to know where to stop. Perhaps that point is reached?

The world has SATC mania, and various shops are trying to create some extra revenue on aligning themselves with the SATC image. Here is the window at Debenhams. Desert fashion and SATC posters all over the place. Lets shop!